ADAM

Alan Gordon Acheson

*

Captain. 5th Battalion, The Buffs (East Kent Regiment). Died 21st January 1916. (brother)

ADAM

Walter

Captain. Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) (MGC). Formerly Royal East Kent Yeomanry. Died 3rd November 1918. (brother)

AITCHISON

Douglas James

Lieutenant. Royal Air Force (RAF). Formerly 7th Brigade, Royal Field Artillery (RFA). Died 17th April 1918 aged 21 years.

ALEXANDER

Christopher James

*

Private G/24732. 2nd Battalion, Queen’s (Royal West Surrey Regiment). Formerly (9435) The Buffs (East Kent Regiment). Died 5th October 1917 aged 30 years.

ALLFREY

Hugh Lionel

*

Captain. 10th (Yeomanry) Battalion, The Buffs (East Kent Regiment). Formerly Captain and Adjutant, Royal East Kent Mounted Rifles (REKMR). Died 18th OR 19th September 1918.

AMOS

Frank Edward

Second Lieutenant. “A” Battery, 230th Brigade, Royal Horse Artillery (RHA). Formerly (150942) Gunner, RHA. Died 20th September 1918 aged 20 years.

ARCHDALE

Dominic Mervyn (Ulster)

*

Lieutenant. 1st King’s African Rifles. Attended Nyasaland Volunteer Reserve. Died 13th November 1916 aged 24 years.

ATKINSON

Walter (Will) Edmund Godfrey

*

Captain. 9th Battalion, Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry (DCLI). Attached 4th Battalion, Worcestershire Regiment. Formerly Berkshire Yeomanry (Machine Gun Section). Died Gallipoli, Turkey 6th August 1915.

BADDELEY

Percy Kynnersley

*

Second Lieutenant. 170th Army Brigade, Royal Field Artillery (RFA). Formerly (Lance Corporal 2134) County of London Yeomanry (Rough Riders). Died 29th June 1916.

BARLING

William Bingham

*

Second Lieutenant. 6th Battalion, Worcestershire Regiment. Attended 3rd Battalion. Formerly Private (2363), 5th Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment. Died 12th March 1915.

BASS

Charles William

Private G/6305. 2nd Battalion, The Buffs (East Kent Regiment). Died 28th September 1915.

BAXTER

Gordon Eyre

Second Lieutenant 929. 2nd Battalion, Devonshire Regiment. Formerly King Edwards Horse. Formerly (Trooper 929) Royal East Kent Yeomanry (REKMR) from 1908 to 1911. Died Tuesday 8th October 1918 aged 28 years.

BAYLY

Noel Douglas

Lieutenant. No 2 Company, 2nd Battalion, Irish Guards. Died 27th November 1917 aged 28 years.

BELLWOOD

Frank

Captain. 8th Battalion, Devonshire Regiment. Died 14th July 1916.

BIRCH, MC

Eric Wykeman

Lieutenant. Machine Gun Corps (MGC). Formerly 4th Battalion, Duke of Wellington’s (West Riding Regiment). Died 17th January 1917 aged 24 years. Eric was awarded the Military Cross (MC).

BIRKETT

Harold Wreford

Private 442024. 7th Battalion, Canadian Infantry (British Columbia Regiment). Died 9th September 1916 aged 31 years.

BRAILSFORD

William W

Private 96009. 10th Battalion, Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Deby Regiment). Died 12th October 1917.

BRUCE

Edward Tyrrell

*

Captain. 8th Battalion, Machine Gun Corps (MGC). Formerly Baganda Rifles, Uganda Field Force (Africa). Died 9th June 1918.

BUCKINGHAM

Thomas Noel

*

Lieutenant. 6th Battalion Devonshire Regiment. Attended 8th Battalion. Died 26th October 1917 aged 24 years.

BUDDEN

Harold William

Second Lieutenant. 12th Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliers. Died Thursday 14th September 1916 age 25 years.

BUTLER

Noel

Second Lieutenant. 1st Battalion, Irish Guards. Died 15th September 1916 aged 28 years.

CAIRNES

William Henry

Private 10769. 1st Battalion, Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry (DCLI). Died 23rd July 1916.

CHESNEY

Charles Cornerallis

Lieutenant. 117th Mahrattas, Indian Army Reserve of Officers. Died 22nd November 1915 aged 30 years.

CLEMENT

J

No further information currently available

COLOMB

Mervyn William

*

Second Lieutenant. Royal Flying Corps (RFC). Formerly 4th Battalion, London Regiment (Territorial’s). Formerly (2172) Corporal, 4th Battalion, London Regiment. Died 11th May 1915.

CRISP

Reginald

Second Lieutenant. 7th Battalion, The Buffs (East Kent Regiment). Formerly 5th and 4th Battalion’s. Died 29th March 1918 aged 25 years.

DAGGE

Albert [Lima]

Second Lieutenant. “B” Battery, 68th Brigade, Royal Field Artillery (RFA). Died 1st July 1916 aged 32 years (The First Day of the Battle of The Somme).

DAHSE

Stephen Geoffrey

*

Gunner 1127 or 9128. South African Field Artillery. Formerly “H” Company (Ashford), 1st Volunteer Battalion, The Buffs (East Kent Regiment). Died in Tanzania, Africa of heart failure following a scorpion sting on the 9th September 1916.

DAVENPORT

Leonard Marriot

*

Second Lieutenant. 3rd Battalion, Royal Irish Fusiliers. Attended 7th Battalion. Died 6th September 1916 aged 27 years.

DOWSELL

H.B

No further information currently available

DURLACHER, MC

Philip Alfred

Lieutenant. Machine Gun Corps (MGC). Formerly (Private 1206) West Kent Yeomanry. Died 12th May 1918 aged 27 years.

EDWARDS

Herbert S [Y]

Sergeant 320803. 2/6th Battalion (City of London Rifles), London Regiment. Died 21st May 1917.

FAIRBAIRN

Andrew Hubert

*

Second Lieutenant. 3rd Battalion, Royal Irish Regiment. Attended 2nd Battalion. Died 5th June 1915.

FAIRWEATHER

Alexander Cobden

*

No further information currently available. Attended Wye College as a Kent Scholar in 1900 until July 1902. He was a life member of the Agricola Club. In 1917 the college was sending his mail to – Moorland Cottage, Sutton Coldfield.

FEATHERSTONE

Marshall Breckon

Second Lieutenant. No 2 Special Company. Royal Engineers (RE). Formerly (Pioneer 130877) Royal Engineers. Formerly (Private 3304) 8th Battalion, London Regiment. Died 2nd September 1917 aged 23 years.

FIGGIS, MC

Lenox Paton

Captain. 6th Battalion, The Buffs (East Kent Regiment). Formerly (Private 1535), 5th Battalion, The Buffs. Died 27th August 1918 aged 25 years.

FRAMPTON

William John Goulbourn Shipdern

Captain. 2nd Battalion, East Lancashire Regiment. Died 24th April 1918 aged 32 years.

FURLEY

Robert Basil

Second Lieutenant. 1st (Bucks) Battalion, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry (OBLI). Formerly Private, 16th Battalion, London Regiment (Queen’s Westminsters). Died Tuesday 25th January 1916 aged 27 years.

GETTING

Eric Noel

Captain. 1st Battalion, Royal Berkshire Regiment. Died 28th or 29th September 1915 aged 24 years.

GIBSON

Cecil Mervyn

Second Lieutenant. 5th Battalion, York and Lancaster Regiment. Formerly (4633) 28th Battalion, London Regiment. Died 5th May 1917 aged 23 years.

GIFFARD

Edmund Hamilton

Major. 2nd Brigade, Royal Field Artillery (RFA). Died 10th November 1918 aged 31 years.

GOLDRING

Percy Thomas

Private 40757. 10th Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliers. Formerly (17518) Cyclist Corps. Died 2nd September 1918 aged 20 years.

GOODWIN

Henry Cecil

Private 202040. 8th Battalion, Tank Corps. Formerly (68830) Machine Gun Corps (MGC). Died 24th March 1918 aged 20 years.

GORDON

Gerald Montague

Captain. 5th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers. Attended 12th Battalion. Formerly 3rd Battalion. Died 9th June 1917.

GORDON

C

No further information currently available

GRAHAM-CLARKE

John Altham Stobart

Second Lieutenant. 9th Battalion, King’s Own Scottish Borderers. Attended 6th Battalion, Border Regiment. Died 1st July 1916 (First day of the Battle of The Somme).

GRANT

Clifton Brown

Captain . 99th Company, Machine Gun Corps (MGC). Formerly Royal Fusiliers. Died 27th July 1916 aged 22 years.

GRANT

J.T

*

No further information currently available. Attended Wye College briefly from October 1904 until 1905. He returned to Wye in 1907 leaving again in 1910.

GRANT

William Hugh

Second Lieutenant. 7th Battalion, Seaforth Highlanders. Died 29th September 1915 aged 20 years.

GREENWELL

Thomas William Maddison

Lieutenant. 6th Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers. Attended 17th Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliers. Died 19th July 1918.

GREIG

James Gordon

Lieutenant. “D” Company, 6th Battalion, The Buffs (East Kent Regiment). Formerly (Private) 5th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment. Died 13th August 1915 aged 20 years.

GRELLIER

Gordon Harley

*

Second Lieutenant. 51st Siege Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery (RGA). Formerly (Gunner 625471) Honourable Artillery Company (HAC). Died 31st October 1918 aged 33 years.

GRIFFIN

Reginald [Herbert]

Captain. Royal Field Artillery. Attended 21st Seige Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery (RGA). Died 7th July 1917 aged 38 years.

HADDON

Thomas

Captain. 2/7th Battalion, Cheshire Regiment. Died as a prisoner of war 20th April 1918 aged 25 years.

HAGGER

Hubert Edward

Private 2764. 41st Battalion, Australian Infantry (AIF). Died 30th October 1918.

HAMMERTON

Leslie T

Private 2034. 4th Battalion, Cameron Highlanders. Died 28th September 1915.

HARDCASTLE

John Balfour

Captain. 2nd Battalion, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry (OBLI). Died 30th July 1916 aged 23 years.

HARDY

Ronald Montague

*

Captain. “D” Company, 7th Battalion, Rifle Brigade. Formerly Royal Sussex Regiment. Died 23rd July 1915 aged 33 years.

HATFIELD, MC

Charles Eric

*

Captain. The Buffs (East Kent Regiment). Formerly Royal East Kent Yeomanry. Died 21st September 1918.

HATHORN

Noel McDouall

Second Lieutenant. Indian Army Reserve of Officers. 76th Punjabis. Died 14th July 1915 aged 24 years.

HEALE

George Reginald Charles

Captain. 10th Battalion, Duke of Wellington’s (West Riding Regiment). Died 3rd May 1917.

HILLS

Charles Herbert

Second Lieutenant. 3rd Battalion, Manchester Regiment. Died 5th September 1916 aged 21 years.

HOGBEN

Leslie Thomas

Second Lieutenant. Royal Flying Corps (RFC). Died 23rd October 1917 aged 18 years.

HOLYMAN

Leslie Edward

Second Lieutenant. 5th Battalion, The Buffs (East Kent Regiment). Died 9th March 1917.

HOOD-DANIEL

Arnold Frost

Captain. “C” Company (Ashford), 2/5th (Home Service) Battalion, The Buffs (East Kent Regiment). Former Private. Died 28th January 1917 aged 35 years.

HOPCROFT

Arthur [Edgar]

Sergeant 281346. 2/4th Battalion, London Regiment. Died 14th May 1917 aged 20 years.

HOPKINS

Lewis

*

Second Lieutenant. 8th Battalion, Somerset Light Infantry. Formerly 9th Battalion. Died 26th September 1915.

HORTON

J

No further information currently available

HUGHES

Guy Wiley

*

Second Lieutenant. 5th Battalion, Middlesex Regiment. Formerly Charterhouse School, Officer Training Corps (O.T.C). Died 31st December 1914 aged 23 years.

IPSWICH

William Henry Alfred (Viscount)

*

Lieutenant 1560 (The Viscount Ipswich) FITZROY. Royal Flying Corps (RFC) and 4th Battalion (Pioneers), Coldstream Guards. Formerly (Private) 4th Battalion, The Buffs (East Kent Regiment). Died 23rd April 1918 aged 33 years. Son of the Earl of Euston and grandson of the 8th Duke of Grafton. Husband of Auriol, Vicountess Ipswich of Whittlebury, Towchester, Northamptonshire.

JAY

William Pryor

Private T/240487. 5th Battalion, The Buffs (East Kent Regiment). Formerly (1763) The Buffs. Died 15th February 1917 aged 23 years.

JEMMETT

Charles William

*

Lieutenant. 6th Battalion, The Buffs (East Kent Regiment). Formerly (Sergeant 1564) in the 2/5th Battalion, The Buffs (East Kent Regiment). Died Friday 15th March 1918 aged 32 years.

JOHNSON

Howard Fife

Second Lieutenant. 5th Battalion, The Buffs (East Kent Regiment). Died 9th March 1917.

KEABLE

Harold Charles Linford

*

Second Lieutenant. 8th Battalion, Royal Berkshire Regiment. Died 25th September 1915 aged 26 years.

KIBLER

P.G

The ONLY Kibler recorded by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission is this man – Private 7350 John William KIBLER. 11th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers. Died 23rd March 1918.

KIPPS

Harold Charles Linford

Lieutenant. Royal Army Service Corps (ASC). Attended 4th Battalion, Worcestershire Regiment. Died 22nd August 1918 aged 23 years.

LEGGAT

Alfred

Private TF/1780. 5th Battalion, The Buffs (East Kent Regiment). Died 7th January 1916.

LEWIS

Hugh Frederick

Captain. 2nd Battalion, Queen’s (Royal West Surrey Regiment). Died 19th October 1914 aged 33 years.

MATTHEWS

Edward Alexander

*

Second Lieutenant. 3rd Battalion, Northamptonshire Regiment. Formerly The Buffs (East Kent Regiment). Died 14th March 1915 aged 21 years.

MEADE

Robert Percy

Second Lieutenant. 13th Battalion, Rifle Brigade. Died 11th July 1916 aged 20 years.

MILLER

Robert Fordyce

Second Lieutenant. 5th Battalion, King’s Own (Yorkshire Light Infantry). Formerly 9th Battalion Devonshire Regiment. Formerly (Private 1139) Royal Fusiliers. Died 4th September 1916 aged 27 years.

MITCHELL

Ronald Walter

*

Lieutenant. 10th (Yeomanry) Battalion, The Buffs (East Kent Regiment). Formerly Royal East Kent Yeomanry (REKMR). Died 19th November 1917 aged 41 years.

MITCHELL

Henry William

Lieutenant. 5th Battalion, Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry (DCLI). Attended 4th Battalion. Formerly (Private 1370) Royal Sussex Regiment. Formerly 2LT Army Cyclists Corps. Died 22nd November 1917 aged 25 years.

MITCHELL

G.R.G

This is the only man that could be identified - Lieutenant Gilbert Robert MITCHELL-INNES. “A” Squadron, 19th (Queen Alexandra’s Own Royal) Hussars. Died 13th May 1915 aged 20 years.

MONK

L.S

Private PO/19748 Portsmouth Battalion, Royal Marines Light Infantry (RMLI). Died 28th October 1918 aged 19 years.

MONROE

Kenneth Edward

*

Lieutenant. 3rd Battalion, Northamptonshire Regiment. Attached 1st Battalion. Formerly (Private 1555) 4th Battalion, The Buffs (East Kent Regiment). Died 14th May 1915 aged 21 years.

MONTGOMERY

Arnulf

*

Lieutenant. 3rd Battalion, Connaught Rangers. Attended 2nd Battalion. Died 22nd December 1914.

MORGAN

Edward Pryce

Company Quartermaster Sergeant (CQMS) 355031. 25th Battalion, Royal Welsh Fusiliers. Formerly (8121) Hertfordshire Regiment. Ex (1719) SQMS Montgomeryshire Yeomanry. Died Egypt 14th February 1918 aged 46 years.

NELSON

William Barr

Private 295566 (Signaler). 4th Battalion, London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers). Formerly (2620) West Kent Yeomanry. Died Thursday 11th April 1918 aged 20 years.

NICHOLSON

Walter Alan

Second Lieutenant. 2nd Battalion, Gordon Highlanders. Formerly (Private 2440) London Regiment. Died 27th September 1915.

NICKALLS

Albert Davies

Corporal T/240393. 5th Battalion, The Buffs (East Kent Regiment). Died Friday 21st January 1916 aged 50 years.

OWEN

E.A.C

Private 55485. 17th Battalion, Royal Welsh Fusiliers. Formerly (2280) Mongomeryshire Yeomanry. Died 13th March 1917 aged 22 years.

OWEN-HOLDSWORTH, MC

James Philip

Second Lieutenant, 101st Squadron, Royal Air Force and General List. Formerly Air Mechanic 3rd Class (68258), Royal Flying Corps. Died 12th April 1918, aged 19 years. Born Marden. Son of Herbert Lacy Owen-Holdsworth and Winifred Owen-Holdsworth of Westfield, Battle, Sussex. He attended Wye Agricultural College in 1912 and gained an honours degree in fruit growing. He was awarded the Military Cross (M.C.). Buried St Pierre Cemetery, Amiens, Somme, France. Plot XII. Row G. Grave 1. He is listed on three Kent War memorials, namely, Marden, South Eastern Agricultural College (Wye) and Wye College (Ashford).

London Gazette Issue 29974 6 March 1917 page 8 “General List. Cadet James Philip Owen-Holdsworth to be temp. 2nd Lt. (on prob.) for duty with R.F.C. 12 Feb. 1917.”

London gazette Issue 30162 3 July 1917 page 2

“12th June 1917. Temp. 2nd Lt. (on prob.) J. P. Owen-Holdsworth, Gen. List.”

London Gazette Issue 30813 23 July 1918 page 99 (Supplement to the London gazette, 26 July 1918 – page 8831)

AWARDED THE MILITABY CROSS.

“T./2nd Lt. James Philip Owen-Holdsworth, Gen. List and E.F.C.
For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty. During the last six months he has carried out fifty-two bombing raids on the enemy lines of communication, their aerodromes and their rest billets, often flying in very bad weather. Descending to a low altitude he has obtained several direct hits, both on their hangars and their billets. On several occasions he has returned with his machine riddled with bullets. He has set a fine example of courage and determination.

PATTERSON

John Keppel Priuli

Lieutenant. 9th Battalion, East Surrey Regiment. Formerly 11th Battalion. 28th December 1917 aged 25 years.

PAVITT

Frederick William

Lance Corporal 69163. C Company, 1st Battalion, Queen’s (Royal West Surrey Regiment). Died 21st September 1918 aged 19 years.

PENN

Geoffrey Mark

*

Second Lieutenant. 6th Battalion, The Rifle Brigade. Atached Somerset Light Infantry. Died 11th February 1915 aged 28 years.

POLE-CAREW

Wymond Nicholas Richard

Lieutenant. 1st Battalion, Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry (DCLI). Attended 16th Battalion. Formerly 4th Battalion, Wiltshire Regiment. Died 6th November 1917 aged 21 years.

POLLARD

Richard Batty

Sergeant 203171. 2/4th Battalion, Queen’s Own (Royal West Kent Regiment). Formerly Kent Composite Battalion. Formerly (1295) The Buffs (East Kent Regiment). Died 4th November 1917 aged 21 years.

POPPLE

George Marsden

Second Lieutenant. 15th Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers. Attended 16th Battalion. Died 26th June 1916 aged 21 years.

PRETTY

Donald

*

Lieutenant. 4th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. Died 11th May 1915 aged 23 years.

PRITCHARD

Andrew Baden

*

Captain. Staffordshire Yeomanry. Died Egypt 26th October 1918 aged 35 years.

PURVIS

Ronald Montague

Captain. 3rd Battalion, Black Watch (Royal Highlanders). Attended 2nd Battalion. Died 14th March 1917.

RAYNER

Edward George

Lance Corporal 36100. 63rd Company, Machine Gun Corps (Infantry). Formerly (G/9409) The Buffs (East Kent Regiment). Died Thursday 21st March 1918.

REEVE

Charles D’arcy [Edmund] Wentworth

Captain. Royal Flying Corps (RFC). Formerly Suffolk Regiment. Died 18th July 1916 aged 21 years.

ROSHER

Harold

*

Flight Lieutenant. Royal Naval Air Service (RNAS). Formerly Royal Flying Corps (RFC). Died 27th February 1916.).

ROTHWELL

Sidney

*

Lieutenant. 5th Battalion, The Buffs (East Kent Regiment). Died 21st January 1916 aged 28 years.

RUNCIMAR

Edmund Inglis

Second Lieutenant. 9th Battalion, King’s Royal Rifle Corps (KRRC). Died 22nd October 1915.

SCOTT

Edward Maurice

Private T/240474. 5th Battalion, The Buffs (East Kent Regiment). Died 24th February 1917 aged 23 years.

SHEPHERD

A.G. [E.]

Lieutenant. 1/4th Battalion, King’s African Rifles. Died 12th November 1917.

SHERRIFF

John George

*

Lieutenant. 7th Battalion, Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders. Died 26th April 1915 aged 24 years.

SIMON

Eric Conrad

Captain. 2/5th Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliers. Died 17th August 1915 aged 27 years.

SITZLER

Gustavus Frederick

Private T/202909. 1st Battalion, The Buffs 9East Kent Regiment). Died 28th April 1918.

SKELTON

Sidney

*

Captain. 5th Battalion, The Buffs (East Kent Regiment). Formerly West Kent Yeomanry. Died of fever in Iraq 20th March 1918 aged 30 years.

SMITH

George

*

Second Lieutenant. 10th Battalion, Queen’s Own (Royal West Kent Regiment). Attended 9th Battalion. Formerly 11th Battalion. Died 15th September 1916 aged 25 years.

STAHL

H.C

Lieutenant Commander H.M Trawler “King Emperor”. Royal Navy (RN). Died 4th February 1916.

STEVENS

Douglas Harcourt

Second Lieutenant. 4th Battalion, The Buffs (East Kent Regiment). Died 7th August 1918 aged 19 years.

SWAYNE

Stephen [Cormack]

Lieutenant. 3rd Battalion, The Buffs (East Kent Regiment). Died 30th September 1915 aged 30 years.

TRIMMER

William Charles

Second Lieutenant. 1st (Bucks) Battalion, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry (OBLI). Died 21st July 1916 aged 19 years.

VAN ROOYEN

Glenville Julian [Cecil]

Private T/1580. 5th Battalion, The Buffs (East Kent Regiment). Died 27th October 1915.

VAUGHAN

Frank Henry

Driver L/20744. XII Corps Ammunition Column, Royal Field Artillery (RFA). Died 20th October 1918 aged 23 years.

WATERER

Michael Anthony

Second Lieutenant. 6th Squadron, Royal Air Force (RAF). Formerly Royal Engineers (RE) and the Royal Monmouthshire. Died 11 October 1918 aged 25 years.

WICKHAM

Nigel John Latham

Captain. 6th Battalion, Connaught Rangers. Died 18th April 1916 aged 25 years.

WILSON

Henry Ivan [De Burgh]

Captain. 2/4th Battalion, Queen’s Own (Royal West Kent Regiment). Died 19th April 1917 aged 30 years.

WOOD

John Guy

*

Lance Corporal 2113. 23rd Battalion, London Regiment. Died 26th May 1915 aged 35 years.

WORTHINGTON

Reginald George

*

Lieutenant. 2nd Battalion, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry (OBLI). Died 16th September 1914 aged 27 years.

WRIGHT

Benjamin Joseph

Private 9795. 2nd Battalion, Honourable Artillery Company (HAC). Died 3rd May 1917 aged 20 years.